( PlayFair3 )

Comments made by PlayFair3

Let's hope that 787 battery fix is a good one. The FAA furloughed all of their Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASI) who, on the behalf of the American traveling public, are the professionals that are (were?) supposed to make sure it works and keeps working during actual passenger operations – not just on some workbench. Honestly, you can't script this stuff. Just like control towers and controllers each of these inspectors is in place because risks have been identified to exist without them. ASIs perform 750,000 safety inspections each year. Furloughs now have the potential to reduce that number by more than 35,000 safety inspections in just the next 5 months. Think about that the next time you’re driving to the airport.